January 14, 2022
Youth leaders discuss social media and its impact on young people’s lives and brains with Emma Lembke, founder of Log Off, a movement founded by teens for teens who want a safer and healthier relationship with social media. Recorded in Zoom December 7, 2021.
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Not Another One!
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2016
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
December 30, 2021
Youth leaders discuss how art is influenced by your environment. Recorded in Zoom on December 28, 2021.
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Sneaker Tact by KP Dennis and Branden Lewis
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2021
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
December 30, 2021
Youth leaders discuss social media and its impact on young people’s lives and brains with Emma Lembke, founder of Log Off, a movement founded by teens for teens who want a safer and healthier relationship with social media. Recorded in Zoom on December 7, 2021.
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Good For Your Health
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
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December 27, 2021
In Part IV of the series, Misunderstanding, Fear, and Hate, the discussion will focus on the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community. Stitchers Youth Council’s guests include actor, creative activist, and educator Merlin Bell and Marc Ridgell, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis, studying Africana Studies; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Sociology. Marc is a research fellow for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program. In partnership with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, they are assisting with editing written work, organizing budgets, and they are also collaborating on this podcast with StitchCast Studio.
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Anti
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
December 9, 2021
Youth leaders discuss the impact of StitchCast Studio and the evolution of the youth-led podcast. Recorded in Zoom on December 1, 2021.
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We Cope by Emeara Burns
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
December 7, 2021
In part III of the series, youth leaders have a conversation about how misunderstandings can lead to fear. Recorded live at 3524 Washington Ave on November 12, 2021.
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Perception Isn’t Always Reality by KP Dennis
Executive Producer: Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2015
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
November 30, 2021
Youth leaders explore evoking emotion and fear in storytelling by sharing their own spooky stories.
Recorded in Zoom on October 29, 2021.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance
November 20, 2021
Youth leaders welcome Mama Cat, the Saint Louis chef who is the founder and CEO of Pot Bangerz Feed the Body Mission to StitchCast Studio to discuss the unhoused family and explore how misunderstanding can lead to fear and fear can lead to hate. Recorded live at 3524 Washington Ave on November 12, 2021.
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Wade
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
November 20, 2021
Youth leaders and their mentor Ntegrity discuss how misunderstandings can lead to fear in social systems set up to fail entire groups of people. Are systems such as the school system and the workforce system set up to fail Black youth? Recorded in Zoom on October 26, 2021.
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The Why and The Way by KP Dennis
The WHY of My City, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
November 5, 2021
Youth leaders discuss nature as a healing agent from trauma and stress.
Recorded in Zoom on September 28, 2021.
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Prairie Therapy
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
